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A thief, after committing the burglary, started fleeing at 12:00 noon, at the speed of 60 kmph. He was then chased by a policeman X. X started the chase 15 minutes after the thief had started, at a speed of 65 kmph.
CAT/1997
Question . 126
If another policeman had started the same chase along with X, but at a speed of 60 kmph, then how far behind was he when X caught the thief?
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Method of solving this CAT Quantitative Ability Question from TIme, Speed, Distance and Work question
(b) Since other policemen started 15 minutes later then the thief with speed of 60 kmph.
So, distance he lagged behind the thief = distance behind policeman when he caught the thief
= 60 × 1/4 = 15 km